Staff Software Engineer (Core Experiences)

About the role

Databricks is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to lead the design and evolution of its Core Experiences platforms in Bengaluru. You will own critical infrastructure that powers workspaces, notebooks, SQL queries and AI‑driven use cases, ensuring scalability and reliability for a rapidly growing user base.

Key responsibilities

• Own multiple platforms, driving scalability, platformization, and reliability.
• Design abstractions for serving infrastructure that support current and emerging AI workloads.
• Re‑architect existing systems to handle 10×‑100× growth.
• Accelerate developer onboarding, reducing setup time from weeks to hours.
• Deliver impactful features that improve product functionality and user experience.
• Promote engineering excellence and mentor junior engineers.

Required profile

• 12+ years of production‑level software development experience.
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field.
• Proven experience building large‑scale distributed systems from scratch.
• Background working on SaaS platforms or Service‑Oriented Architectures.

Required skills

• Python, Java, Scala, or C++.
• Large‑scale distributed systems.
• SaaS platform development.
• Service‑Oriented Architecture.